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This Word document is provided solely for information purposes.
All applicants must create and complete their submission through
the online system by the deadline of 16:00 (Irish time) on 29
October 2020. Please see the 2021 Terms and Conditions and Guide
for Applicants on the Irish Research Council website for further
information prior to submitting your application online. All
sections must be completed in full.
ELIGIBILITY QUIZ FORM
The information you input in this quiz will determine your
eligibility to apply for the 2021 Government of Ireland
Postgraduate Scholarship (GOIPG). If you do not meet the
‘Eligibility Criteria’, your application will be deemed Ineligible
and the system will prevent you from completing a GOIPG
Application. MAKE SURE YOU CLICK!
1. 'Continue to Application' and then 2. 'Save Draft' BEFORE
CLOSING THE ELIGIBILITY QUIZ AND APPLICATION
WINDOW. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL STOP YOU FROM RE-SUBMITTING THE
ELIGIBILITY QUIZ AND FROM OPENING A NEW APPLICATION. The Council
will not reset Eligibility Quiz or Applications.
Question 1- Do you have a first class or upper second-class
honours bachelor’s degree? If undergraduate examination results are
not known at the time of application, the Council may make a
provisional offer of a scholarship on condition that the scholar’s
bachelor’s, or the equivalent, degree result is a first class or
upper second-class honours. If a scholar does not have a first
class or upper second-class honours bachelor’s, or the equivalent,
degree, they must possess a master’s degree. Yes
No
Bachelor’s degree results unknown at time of application
Master's degree results unknown at time of application
If No: Do you have a master’s degree?
Yes
No
Question 2 - Have you had two previous unsuccessful applications
to the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship scheme
(including strategic partner themes, applications to the EMBARK
Scheme previously run by the Irish Research Council for Science,
Engineering and Technology and the Government of Ireland
Scholarship Scheme previously run by the Irish Council for
Humanities and Social Sciences)? Yes
No
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Does your proposed research deal with any of the following
prohibited areas?
• Research activity aimed at human cloning for reproductive
purposes
• Research activity intended to modify the genetics of human
beings that could make such changes heritable (with the exception
of research relating to cancer treatment of the gonads, which may
be funded)
• Research activities to create human embryos solely for the
purpose of research or for the purpose of stem cell procurement,
including by means of somatic cell nuclear transfer
Yes
No
Question 3 - Do you hold or have previously held a Council
Scholarship? Yes – dropdown list – if yes, select the relevant
Council Scholarship
No
PROJECT INFORMATION Project Information provided at Eligibility
Quiz is Tentative and will not affect applicant's eligibility.
Tentative Project Title Min. 15 characters Primary Area See
Appendix I of Guide for Applicants
Select Discipline See Appendix I of Guide for Applicants
Tentative Key words
Tentative Abstract Min. 100 / Max. 300 words
Has a Primary Supervisor, based in an Irish Higher Education
Institution, agreed to act as a supervisor for the above project
prior to this application? The Council strongly advise applicants
to contact their primary supervisor and the Research Office before
completing the Eligibility Quiz and submitting the application
form. All applications require a primary supervisor who is willing
to supervise the proposed research project. Prior to creating an
application, you must contact and discuss your research project
with your proposed supervisor(s). Yes
No
If Yes: Type Primary Supervisor’s name
Yes Primary Supervisor name: Primary Supervisor Name must match
the supervisor’s name as registered in the online system. Please
contact your Primary Supervisor to confirm this information. If the
information submitted as part of the Eligibility Quiz in relation
to your Primary Supervisor does not correspond to their information
on the system your application will be deemed INELIGIBLE.
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After completion of Eligibility Quiz form MAKE SURE YOU
CLICK:
1. 'Continue to Application' and then 2. 'Save Draft' BEFORE
CLOSING THE ELIGIBILITY QUIZ AND APPLICATION
WINDOW.
FAILURE TO DO SO WILL STOP YOU FROM RE-SUBMITTING THE
ELIGIBILITY QUIZ AND FROM OPENING A NEW APPLICATION. The Council
will not reset Eligibility Quiz or Applications.
APPLICATION FORM
Overview
Please select the appropriate scholarship theme for which you
are applying: Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship
Andrew Grene Postgraduate Scholarship in Conflict Resolution
Environmental Protection Agency Postgraduate Scholarship
Countess Markievicz Postgraduate Scholarship on Female
Leadership
Met Éireann Posgraduate Scholarship In addition to the
Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, a number of themed
scholarships are offered in collaboration with our strategic
funding partners as a mechanism to deliver on our shared national
objectives. While applicants may apply for one scholarship theme
only, those who choose to apply for a strategic funding partner
scholarship will also be considered for a Government of Ireland
Postgraduate Scholarship. Full descriptions of each of the
strategic funding partner scholarships can be found here.
Project title:
Irish research body:
Department:
* Only list the name of your Primary Supervisor. Where an
Eligibility Quiz identifies two or more Supervisors the application
will be deemed INELIGIBLE.
If No: Ineligible
No All applications require a primary supervisor who is willing
to supervise the proposed research project. Prior to creating an
application, you must contact and discuss your research project
with your proposed supervisor(s). Please do NOT add a supervisor to
your application without their prior approval. If the information
in relation to your Primary Supervisor at Eligibility Quiz does not
correspond to their information on the system your application will
be deemed INELIGIBLE.
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Application in Irish: Yes
No There is an option on the system at this point to upload an
English translation should you wish to do so. This will
accompany
your research proposal. The system will only accept documents in
PDF format.
ORCID identifier:
ORCID ID provides a persistent digital identifier that
distinguishes you from every other researcher. If you do not
currently have an ORCID ID, please register for one at
www.orcid.org and provide us with your unique 16-digit
identifier.
What is your nationality, i.e. your passport-issuing
country?
If you are from the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland,
which county are you from?
Are you a national of a European Union member state (including
the Republic of Ireland) OR Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein or
Switzerland? Yes
No
Will you have been ordinarily resident* in a European Union
member state (including the
Republic of Ireland) OR Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein or
Switzerland for a continuous period
of three of the five years preceding 1 September 2021?
Yes
No * ‘Ordinarily resident’ refers to the applicant’s place of
legal and permanent residence. This will not be deemed as
having
been interrupted if an absence from the country of ordinary
residency has been caused by the training, education or employment
of the applicant or the applicant’s spouse or parents.
Primary and additional participants
Primary supervisor details – to be selected from a list of
Primary Supervisors registered on the online system by the host
institution:
Name:
Higher education institution:
Email address:
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Secondary supervisor details (if applicable):
Name:
Higher education institution:
Email address:
Referee 1:
Organisation or institution:
First name:
Last name:
Title:
Position:
Email:
It is ESSENTIAL that you ensure the email addresses you provide
for your referees are correct. If an incorrect email address is
entered, your referee will NOT receive the automatic email and will
therefore be unable to access the online system to complete their
reference form. This will result in your application being deemed
ineligible.
Confirm email:
Role: Referee 1
Referee 2:
Organisation or institution:
First name:
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Last name:
Title:
Position:
Email:
It is ESSENTIAL that you ensure the email addresses you provide
for your referees are correct. If an incorrect email address is
entered, your referee will NOT receive the automatic email and will
therefore be unable to access the online system to complete their
reference form. This will result in your application being deemed
ineligible.
Confirm email:
Role: Referee 2
Track record
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent):
Institution:
Graduation date: dd/mm/yyyy
Qualification type and name:
Final grade or grade point average:
Degree results as entered in the application form and endorsed
by the HEI must be the applicant’s overall results and verifiable
as such on official transcripts. If official transcripts do not
confirm the applicant’s overall result and date of award exactly as
detailed in the application, any conditional offer of a scholarship
will be withdrawn. Supporting, non-returnable material must be
forwarded to the Council for inspection before the scholarship can
commence. All transcripts must be appropriately stamped and signed
to confirm that they are official documents of the institution.
Any additional information relating to this degree or your final
grade can be included here: Max 300 words
Second bachelor's degree (if applicable):
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Institution:
Graduation date: dd/mm/yyyy
Qualification type and name:
Final grade or grade point average:
Degree results as entered in the application form and endorsed
by the HEI must be the applicant’s overall results and verifiable
as such on official transcripts. If official transcripts do not
confirm the applicant’s overall result and date of award exactly as
detailed in the application, any conditional offer of a scholarship
will be withdrawn. Supporting, non-returnable material must be
forwarded to the Council for inspection before the scholarship can
commence. All transcripts must be appropriately stamped and signed
to confirm that they are official documents of the institution.
Any additional information relating to this degree or your final
grade can be included here: Max 300 words
Master's degree (if applicable):
Type: Taught
Research
Institution:
Graduation date: dd/mm/yyyy
Qualification type and name:
Final grade or grade point average:
Degree results as entered in the application form and endorsed
by the HEI must be the applicant’s overall results and verifiable
as such on official transcripts. If official transcripts do not
confirm the applicant’s overall result and date of award exactly as
detailed in the application, any conditional offer of a scholarship
will be withdrawn. Supporting, non-returnable material must be
forwarded to the Council for inspection before the scholarship can
commence. All transcripts must be appropriately stamped and signed
to confirm that they are official documents of the institution.
Any additional information relating to this degree or your final
grade can be included here: Max 300 words
Second master's degree (if applicable):
Type: Taught
Research
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Institution:
Graduation date: dd/mm/yyyy
Qualification type and name:
Final grade or grade point average:
Degree results as entered in the application form and endorsed
by the HEI must be the applicant’s overall results and verifiable
as such on official transcripts. If official transcripts do not
confirm the applicant’s overall result and date of award exactly as
detailed in the application, any conditional offer of a scholarship
will be withdrawn. Supporting, non-returnable material must be
forwarded to the Council for inspection before the scholarship can
commence. All transcripts must be appropriately stamped and signed
to confirm that they are official documents of the institution.
Any additional information relating to this degree or your final
grade can be included here: Max 300 words
Other education:
Please provide any additional information relevant to your
academic background which should include the name, location and
date(s) of any training courses attended: Max 300 words
Research achievements:
Please provide any additional information regarding your
research achievements to date such as publications, research
awards, creation of data sets and databases, conference papers,
patents, excavations, public broadcasts, stage performances,
creative writing, creative productions and/or exhibitions: Max 300
words
Work experience:
Please provide details of any relevant work experience,
including voluntary work, to date which should include employers’
names, job titles, nature of duties and responsibilities, as well
as duration of employment: Max 300 words
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Personal statement
Please highlight any additional information which has not been
included elsewhere in the application, e.g.:
• Why do you wish to pursue a higher degree by research?
• Why have you proposed this research topic?
• Why do you feel there is a specific demand for the skill set
that you wish to build?
• Why are you particularly suited to this research field?
• Which of your attributes demonstrate your capability to be a
good researcher, e.g.
motivation, commitment, thirst for knowledge?
Max 500 words
Career training and development plan
Please provide a career training and development plan which
addresses the following:
• What are your career goals and how would this scholarship help
you to achieve them?
• How will you go about acquiring the expert knowledge and
transferable skills
necessary for your professional development, e.g. technical
skills, communication
skills, analytical skills?
• How would this scholarship enable you to gain skills relevant
to employment outside
the traditional academic sector?
• How can the scholarship transform your existing skills in
those identified as being
required to pursue the chosen career?
• Avoid generalisation. Be specific and detailed in both the
acquisition of scientific skills
and soft/transferable skills.
Max 1000 words
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Proposed research
Will you be a new entrant to the degree for which you are
seeking Council funding? Yes
No
If yes: Please specify the scholarship type for which you are
applying:
12-month research master’s degree
24-month structured research master’s degree
36-month traditional doctoral degree 48-month structured
doctoral degree
If no: Please specify the degree type which you intend to
complete:
24-month structured research master’s degree
36-month traditional doctoral degree 48-month structured
doctoral degree
If no: What date did you first register for this degree?
dd/mm/yyyy It is important that the information in this field is
entered correctly as the duration of funding awarded is dependent
on the date of first registration
If no: Please indicate the duration of scholarship for which you
are applying in order to complete the degree type specified
above:
12 months
24 months 36 months
For scholars who have already completed part of the degree for
which they are seeking Council funding, the duration of funding to
be awarded is dependent on the type of postgraduate degree being
pursued and the date of first registration as detailed in the Terms
and Conditions
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If no: Please indicate the progress of your research to date,
i.e. what has been done and what still needs to be done. Please
also indicate whether or not you have been confirmed on the PhD
register at your higher education institution:
Max 500 words
If no: Please provide details of your current funding
source:
Max 300 words
Will you be in receipt of any additional awards during the
scholarship period, e.g. scholarships, bursaries, travel grants
etc.? Yes
No
If yes: Please provide further details, including the value of
these additional awards:
Max 300 words
Do you currently hold, or have you previously held, any other
Irish Research Council awards? Yes
No
If yes: Please provide further details:
Max 300 words
Applicants for a research master’s scholarship must not
currently hold, or have previously held, a Council Postgraduate
Scholarship. Applicants for a doctoral degree scholarship must not
currently hold, or have previously held, any Council Postgraduate
Scholarship other than that which would enable them to obtain a
research master’s degree
Have you previously submitted all or part of this proposal to an
Irish Research Council scheme and been unsuccessful? Yes
No
If yes: Please clearly describe the modifications to your
research proposal since it was previously submitted:
Max 300 words
Please note that unsuccessful applicants may only re-apply to
the programme on one subsequent occasion (with effect from 21
October 2009)
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Primary area:
Please consult the research categorisation document available on
the Irish Research Council website for further descriptions of
primary area, discipline and other research area
Discipline:
Please consult the research categorisation document available on
the Irish Research Council website for further descriptions of
primary area, discipline and other research area
Other research area(s):
Please consult the research categorisation document available on
the Irish Research Council website for further descriptions of
primary area, discipline and other research area
Second categorisation – if interdisciplinary:
If your proposed research is interdisciplinary, please list its
second categorisation here i.e. primary area and discipline
Keywords describing proposed research:
Please provide a lay abstract for your proposed research, which
will be used to inform a non-expert audience: Max 300 words
Please provide details of your proposed research to include (a)
aims, objectives and central research questions of the project, (b)
how existing literature on the topic has been used to inform the
proposal and (c) how the project will advance state of the art and
make a contribution to existing knowledge: Max 500 words
Please detail the research design and methodologies to be
employed in carrying out your scholarship which should be described
in sufficient detail to demonstrate your thorough understanding of
the research topic: Max 500 words
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Please provide a schedule to include (a) milestones and
deliverables for completion of the proposed research, (b) risks
that might endanger reaching these deliverables and (c) the
contingency plans to be put in place in order to mitigate these
risks: Max 500 words
Please describe any specialist knowledge or data required to
undertake your proposed research, such as language competency,
technical skills or use of specialist software. If this knowledge
or data is not already in place, details should be provided as to
how it will be acquired over the course of the scholarship: Max 500
words
Please outline your plans for the dissemination and knowledge
exchange of your research, including publications, conference
attendance, poster presentations, reports and outreach activities.
Details should also be provided as to how the impact of your
research will be measured: Max 500 words
Please outline your reasons for choosing your proposed (a)
academic supervisor(s) and (b) higher education institution making
particular reference to how the chosen supervisor and
insitution
• can support the acquiring of methods and knowledge necessary
to completing the proposed project
• can provide any facilities and infrastutures or other supports
relevant to completing the proposed project
• consider highlighting the HEI's training programme, which is
expected to be comprehensive
• where applicable, mention the HEI's Athena Swan awards, as
additional markers of the HEI's quality and investment in gender
issues.
Avoid using only an institutional template and include a
personal justification explaining why the facilities are
appropriate for the researcher, the proposed project and the
knowledge, support and expertise require dto complete the project.
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Max 400 words
Please provide details of any proposed research trip(s) of more
than four weeks' duration which you believe will be necessary for
the successful completion of your scholarship: Max 300 words
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The following question applies ONLY to applicants to the Andrew
Grene Postgraduate Scholarship in Conflict Resolution, EPA
Postgraduate Scholarship, Countess Markieviecz Postgraduate
Scholarship on Female Leadership or Met Éireann Postgraduate
Scholarship . Please outline the reasons for choosing your specific
theme, including how your proposal explicitly aligns with the
specific requirements as outlined in the theme information: Max 500
words
If you have supplementary information, e.g. diagrams or a
bibliography, which accompany your research proposal, please upload
them here in PDF format. Supplementary material should only include
essential information required for the interpretation and
understanding of the proposed research. Applications will be deemed
ineligible and will not be considered for funding if they include
additional information about the research proposal or applicant
Ethics:
Does your research proposal involve any of the following ethical
issues of special relevance? Informed consent
Human embryonic stem cells
Privacy and data protection
Use of human biological samples and data
Research on animals
Research in developing countries
Dual use (possible military/terrorist application)
None of the above
Does your research proposal require approval by the relevant
institutional Ethics Committee? Yes
No
Please provide a statement detailing the careful consideration
you have given to the ethical implications of the proposed research
(where ethical issues may arise) and how you plan address these
over the course of your scholarship: Max 500 words
Sex/gender dimension:
Does your proposed research involve any of the following? Humans
as the research focus
Animals as the research focus
Human samples and/or data
Humans involved as consumers, users, patients, or in trials
Research on animals, animal samples and/or data
Research outputs with implications for end users or
consumers
Please provide a statement detailing whether there is a
potential sex/gender dimension to be considered in carrying out
your research. If your research involves any of the above, please
indicate how potential sex/gender issues will be handled. In
particular, you are asked to reference the points mentioned in the
'checklist for sex/gender in research content' in the Guide for
Applicants:
Max 500 words
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Data management:
Please provide a data management plan which addresses the
following:
• How will data be exploited and/or shared/made accessible for
verification and reuse?
• How data will be curated and preserved?
• If applicable, how do you plan to make data FAIR (findable,
accessible, interoperable
and reusable)?
• If data cannot be made available, why?
Max 300 words
Applicant declaration
I hereby declare that I have read and accept the applicant
requirements as set out in the Terms and Conditions and Guide for
Applicants on the Irish Research Council website: I agree
I confirm that the information supplied in this application is
correct and recognise that should it become apparent that any of
the information provided is inaccurate or unverifiable with
appropriate documentation, it will result in the application
automatically being deemed ineligible: I agree
I hereby declare that this application is entirely my own work
and understand that it will be subject to plagiarism checks. Please
note that random sampling for evidence of plagiarism will be
carried out during the assessment process. Applicants who have been
found to plagiarise will be prohibited from applying for Irish
Research Council funding in the future. Suspected instances of
plagiarism will be brought to the attention of the higher education
institution: I agree
Would you like the Irish Research Council to make your
application available to other funding agencies and/or enterprise
partners for consideration? Yes
No
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